Jaffe Janet PHD

I had an opposite experience from the other reviewer who said that Dr Jaffe did not engage and was a waste of time/​money. My husband and I have seen Dr Jaffe a couple times, as we go through the grief from a loss. Her information was provided to us by the hospital. For us, Dr Jaffe has been great. She was getting ready to go on vacation around the time we first contacted her but she made time for us before she went out, given the circumstances. In the visits we’ve had with her, she engages a lot and has very good input. She has asked lots of good questions and really helped us understand what to expect in the grief process and how to think differently about what we’re going through.
She does allow for very long pauses in the conversation. There have been stretches where no one says anything and we all just stare at each other. But she is not the first therapist I’ve seen so this seems like a normal therapy technique to me. She is letting the pause go along uninterrupted because sometimes interesting things get said as we stop to think and feel. If the pause goes on long enough, she moves the conversation forward with another question or prompt.
I also never felt she was watching time or distracted from us. Of course she needs to watch time but she has a clock discreetly positioned so that she can do that without seeming rude.
Overall, I’ve been very pleased with her, so much so that I decided to continue to pay out of pocket to see her vs use one of the free EAP therapists my work could set me up with. We will continue to visit with her as needed.

Struggling with infertility is one of the hardest things I have ever been through. I thought it would be a good idea to meet with a psychologist who was familar with the subject and I actually read Dr. Jaffe’s book which was very helpful. Unfortunately, I enjoyed the experience of reading Dr. Jaffe’s book much more than meeting with her. She was a bit of a strange woman and barely said a word for the 45 minutes we were together (I also caught her looking at the clock a few times). The worst part is I didn’t feel any better when I walked out of her office than I did when I walked in. She also said she would give me her «discounted rate» of $ 100 which still seems a bit pricey for someone who barely said more than a few words during our session. I sure wish I would have just saved that money and put it towards the very expensive out of pocket expense of what my husband and I are going through with infertility.